A few films recently watched.

  On 9/6/2010 at 12:38 AM, Awepittance said:

i actually liked Godfather 2 more than the first one. It's one of the extremely rare instances for me of a sequel being better than it's predecessor. I love all the stuff in cuba and watching the relationship between his brother fall apart

i love both cuba and italy parts. and the young robert de niro's performance is, for me, one of his best career moments.

  On 9/6/2010 at 12:38 AM, Awepittance said:

i actually liked Godfather 2 more than the first one. It's one of the extremely rare instances for me of a sequel being better than it's predecessor. I love all the stuff in cuba and watching the relationship between his brother fall apart

+1

They are both excellent, but #2 REALLY gets me. Love it.

machete - really lost interest early on. it just isn't as fun as it thinks it is. the trailer in grindhouse was better than the movie.

  On 9/5/2010 at 7:32 PM, ruiagnelo said:

four lions 8/10

noob terrorists lol

it is a great film. really laughed at the two guys shaking the heads and poor faisal stumbling in the sheep field.

 

also sophia is kind of arab hottie:

KIND OF?????? KINDA HELLA HOTTAY

FIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEE

the proposition. excellent excellent film. simple plot, superb acting, unsettling soundtrack, beautiful cinematography. 8.5/10

  On 9/6/2010 at 9:37 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 9/5/2010 at 7:32 PM, ruiagnelo said:

four lions 8/10

noob terrorists lol

it is a great film. really laughed at the two guys shaking the heads and poor faisal stumbling in the sheep field.

 

also sophia is kind of arab hottie:

 

KIND OF?????? KINDA HELLA HOTTAY

 

FIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEE

indeed. hottest arab i have seen in a while

  On 9/6/2010 at 3:01 PM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 9/6/2010 at 9:37 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 9/5/2010 at 7:32 PM, ruiagnelo said:

four lions 8/10

noob terrorists lol

it is a great film. really laughed at the two guys shaking the heads and poor faisal stumbling in the sheep field.

 

also sophia is kind of arab hottie:

 

KIND OF?????? KINDA HELLA HOTTAY

 

FIIIIIIIIINEEEEEEE

 

indeed. hottest arab i have seen in a while

 

she's in eastenders

burden of dreams 7/10

enjoyable documentary about werner herzog making fitzcaraldo. similar to lost in la mancha except the film gets finished. younger herzog is like a 80s footballer except when he talks. lost stars for the filmmakers not really capturing the boat finally going over the mountain. it was an afterthought on the documentary. "oh and it went over eventually". follow your dreams kids

  On 9/6/2010 at 5:57 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

burden of dreams 7/10

enjoyable documentary about werner herzog making fitzcaraldo. similar to lost in la mancha except the film gets finished. younger herzog is like a 80s footballer except when he talks. lost stars for the filmmakers not really capturing the boat finally going over the mountain. it was an afterthought on the documentary. "oh and it went over eventually". follow your dreams kids

Interesting stuff alright, but have you seen My Best Fiend? His documentary on his director/actor relationship with Klaus Kinski. Its almost like a Herzog film in itself, theres just so much incredible offscreen footage and really quite insightful and compelling.

I revisited Godfather 1 & 2 about two months ago and was rather bored. I think Italian gangster shit hasn't aged well at all. I'll take Miller's Crossing any day over Coppola / Scorsese.

I just watched Rules of the Game for the first time. Mindbogglingly excellent. Them Renoirs had good genes.

  On 9/6/2010 at 8:40 PM, The Overlook said:

I revisited Godfather 1 & 2 about two months ago and was rather bored. I think Italian gangster shit hasn't aged well at all. I'll take Miller's Crossing any day over Coppola / Scorsese.

 

I just watched Rules of the Game for the first time. Mindbogglingly excellent. Them Renoirs had good genes.

You sure it hasn't aged well? Because I think it aged better than most film I know.

Grown Ups

really not funny

Idiocracy

still funny the second time around

The Man Who Wasn't There

Grrreat.

robin hood (2010)

not nearly as bad as i expected, and doesn't deserve all the hate it's getting imo. sure, there were some cringeworthy scenes (everything about the beach scene near the end for example), and im sure it's nowhere near as

historically accurate as one would like to think (regarding events and portrayal of kings and what not, im well aware "robin of the hood" is pretty much just a myth), but overall it managed to keep me entertained for about

2 hours and 40 minutes. 7/10

  On 9/6/2010 at 8:40 PM, The Overlook said:

I revisited Godfather 1 & 2 about two months ago and was rather bored. I think Italian gangster shit hasn't aged well at all. I'll take Miller's Crossing any day over Coppola / Scorsese.

 

I'm not big into mafia flicks but I still find Goodfellas to be infinitely re-watchable. Did you see Public Enemies, Mirezzi?

Greenberg - 6.5/10 - All the supporting actors were really good but I don't think Ben Stiller is enough of an actor to carry this film. He got the neuroses down but I didn't find a lot of his anger convincing. They should have cast Marc Maron, it's the role he was born to play.

Repo Men - 6/10 - It tries to be a satire on the level of something like Robocop but the director is no Verhoeven. Doesn't help that the main characters feel miscast. Strangely enough I still had fun with the film, for the most part.

I only saw the godfather trilogy for the first time one or two ears a go and I liked them a lot, except the third one ofc (lol @ helicopter scene). i don't remember thinking that it looked/felt outdated in anyway.

  On 9/6/2010 at 11:32 PM, chimera slot mom said:

Grown Ups

really not funny

 

Idiocracy

still funny the second time around

 

The Man Who Wasn't There

Grrreat.

I need to rewatch Idiocracy, I loved the premise of it but found it fell so short of the mark and just came over as painfully unfunny

it's because Idiocracy is ultimately the tale of America in ten years, which is sad...but I love it and think it is one of the greatest films of all time!

^this

though the dumbing down of society goes on all over the world, often due to "americanization".

idiocracy is a 9/10

"I'm Here". Written and directed by Spike Jonze.

It's a 30 minute short film and damnit it's an impressive piece of work. I've been a fan of Jonze's work for a handful of time now and he never ceases to amaze me. It's pretty much a robot love story set in a world where robots just walk around humans as (almost) equals. Not some fancy "I, Robot" stuff, they're active members of the community, so odd. I loved the entire thing, I strongly recommend you watch it. The lack of 'realism' in the robot designs are made up for with the realness of the characters.

I also love the way it's available online. Head over to http://www.imheremovie.com/ and you'll see a computer screen with options, one showing the renaming 'seats' left that day. Apparently there's a seat/view limit, but since it came out around January, I doubt that there's more than 10.000 (or whatever it is) viewers per day. But you choose to watch it and it plays in full screen in a pretty decent quality. Loved it, I wish more films were presented online like this.

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

Fucking excellent cold war flick.

Oldboy - hard to gauge, it's one of those movies that you need to be in a certain mood to feel. It's heavy, but has beautiful cinematography and a great score.

the godfather part 3 5/10

what a shitty ending to the trilogy. the whole catholic church bit was pointless. the sniper had zero patience which doesn't sound like a sniper to me. the security was laughable and unrealistic for a guy who has probably has assassination attempts all the time. "now let me count the priests in 1,2,3,4,5,whatever,whatever,everyone in, come on come on opera time la la la, la la, la la, la la la - la la laaa". the relationship between vincent and mary was laughable. vincents ascension into the family was so rushed i was confused.

had some good moments but overall shoddy

Aye, Godfather III is really weak compared to the rest of the trilogy.

someone recently said to me "i wish sophia coppola had stayed in front of the camera"

i lolled. they must really hate her direction

someone also said "yeah they ended it like that as i'm pretty certain there'll be a sequel" (about inception)

  On 9/7/2010 at 5:21 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

the godfather part 3 5/10

what a shitty ending to the trilogy. the whole catholic church bit was pointless. the sniper had zero patience which doesn't sound like a sniper to me. the security was laughable and unrealistic for a guy who has probably has assassination attempts all the time. "now let me count the priests in 1,2,3,4,5,whatever,whatever,everyone in, come on come on opera time la la la, la la, la la, la la la - la la laaa". the relationship between vincent and mary was laughable. vincents ascension into the family was so rushed i was confused.

 

had some good moments but overall shoddy

yes, part 3 is a complete let down. it's the only reason why i don't see the trilogy that often. it makes me revolted and depressed.

was it the huge gap that separated the making of the two parts? did coppola got depressed à la apocalypse now? dunno.

but the first godfather film is a masterpiece and i have a special love for it. of that i am sure.